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We set it off with a proper warehouse party in patrick's studio. Thanks to Dust on the Breakers and all the other musical guests. It was a blast. Not sure how I wound up becoming deisignated photographer but I did. Rod let me borrow a sweet flash that I butchered the settings on frequently. I occasionally snapped a decent picture, which isn't hard with this fantastic looking bunch. Thanks Patrick and Audrey. More warehouse partys 09!










Mike, Jeff, and Brady. Jeff wore a magical hat that made him wasted when ever he put it on. Fabulous.



















































Frieda after three drinks is like a Frankenstien after the lightening bolt.










Frieda saved up all her secret dance moves for the last party of the year just to show us what the future looks like.














Cleavage laws are totally lax on New Years.


















Happy new year. may all of your dreams come true and stuff.

I'll update my demo-reel six times before ever showing it to potential clients. Never satisfied, allthough this new one is at least funner. My dream is too get enough HD work so that my reel contains zero SD and way less sports stuff.

When a client asks for rotoscoping I usually sign and think damn. But what is so hard about rotoscoping, and how do we make it easier? Well if you shoot your content in Progressive HD you are off to a good start. Things like hands are way easier to trace when you can see some detail from the larger aspect ratio. Lock the camera down and your talent should remain fairly still except for the items she's moving. A lot of static elements makes for some easy rotoing. This example is kind of rushed and was just a test to show a client what we can do. Now the only aspect of this animation that was truly rotoscoped was her hands. And it was all accomplished with complex outlined masks in Aftereffects. Everything else is just fudging it in illustrator. Hopefully they like it.

Met up with my dear friend Benj in SF for a little skating and fun. We skated some fun spots, took pictures, and checked some art out. I got a sneak peak at Jeremy's new work for his Fifty24SF show and hot damn was it fantastic. It was cool cause it was all about the seedy history of SF so we got a great historical tour of his neighborhood. Here are some pics and a super dumb video of us goofing around. Still getting used to my new camera had some trouble with the 60 fps settings but all things are good now.

















Too bad the completely out of his mind security guard didn't like the idea of us even thinking about skating. Fort Miley we will be back and next time it's personal

























SF is such an awesome city thanks to all who put us up and showed us around.